On 08/29/2010 07:12 PM, Sriranga(77yrsold) wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Sriranga(77yrsold) > <withblessings@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:withblessings@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > On Dell optiplex-330 i have installed winXP sp3 on sata-0 and on > sata-1 I had installed Fedora 13 - Even though grub installed - > unable to boot Fedora 13. > i have installed Ubuntu 10-04 easily installed within windows > itself using wubi.exe. Till today I am able to boot winXP as well > as ubuntu but unable to boot Fedora13 In bios if I set sata-1 as > first drive Fedora-13 will boot otherwise no. since mosf of my > work on winxP I am not position to use Fedora13 even though > installed. Everytime when started computer grub display Err 22 - > press any key... then to windows/ubuntu for selection. > > Now I repenting for having installed Fedora13. Now I am afraid to > install next versions of Fedora14 and decided to not experiment > because I have re-installed Fedora13 atleast 5 or 6 times > resulting hard disk may damage. DELL technical people are not > co-operative to solve the problem of bios and help to set right > the bios so that user can choose any of harddisk using boot > sequence - instead of meddling with the hardware setup. > > OK, please give us some info about which disk did you install the grub booter on? If you installed it on sata-1 and NOT on sata-0, then the only way for you to boot Fedora is if you have a bios boot disk selection menu. At power-up, there has to be a Function key to press that will tell bios to pop up a boot menu. Does you bios have such a menu? -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
